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41. Encore

    Also Playing

    Published: May 28, 2008

    7 Sins. Halfway through James Judd's entertaining 75-minute solo show, it dawns on you: Who the hell is this guy and why am I laughing so hard? While autobiographical...

42. Game On

    Nintendo's Wii Fit ignites yet another fitness fad

    By Chris Ward

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Somebody forgot to tell Nintendo that "strenuous indoor exercise" does not top anyone's summer fun list. This, of course, does not explain why poor suckers everywhere are...

43. Letters

    SF Weekly Letters

    Published: May 28, 2008

    It Moved People and Papers She's a hero, not a snitch: Kudos to Ashley Harrell for a well-written, well-researched, and brave story on a brave person ["Snitch," Feature,...

44. Music

    No Wave book helps define the anti-genre’s sound

    By John Graham

    Published: May 28, 2008

    If you believe certain music reviewers, any young band touting dissonance and minimalist rhythms is carrying the No Wave torch into the future. But the 2006 documentary Kill...

45. Film

    The Brave and the Boll

    The notorious German director on sparring with his critics and making his latest (intentional) comedy

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Uwe Boll isn't one to take criticism lying down. In 2006, the prolific German director, best known for his nearly annual output of poorly reviewed videogame adaptations,...

46. Film Feature

    Cannes Class of 2008

    A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 28, 2008

    CANNES, France—Wading through 20-odd movies in half as many languages, each Cannes jury supplies its own dramatic narrative, to be interpreted according to its...

47. Sucka Free City

    Neither rain nor snow, nor heavy campaign mail sidelines mail carrier

    By Joe Eskenazi

    Published: May 28, 2008

    An ascent up the 250-odd steps of Harry Street — a street in name only — carries you past wildly painted cottages, verdant gardens, and, finally, lush vegetation...

48. Let's Get Killed

    A heavy metal snob separates the shredders from the posers

    By Jennifer Maerz

    Published: May 28, 2008

    When you download a song from iTunes, your computer doesn't cough and remark rudely, "Um, yeah, you're downloading that Arcade Fire song now? Everyone else is already totally...

49. Film

    The Fall

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Something like a pain-fueled, R-rated Princess Bride, The Fall straddles the intertwined worlds of storytelling and story. One half is a child's-eye-view tour of the...

50. Sucka Free City

    Prop. C never defines 'moral turpitude'

    By Benjamin Wachs

    Published: May 28, 2008

    The June ballot has a lot of controversial measures — a new school tax, the proposed Hunters Point development — but it's hard to see why anyone would oppose...

51. Arthouse

    Art House

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 28, 2008

    Artists' Television Access. Misapplications and Lost Subjects: Young filmmakers show experimental, horror, and documentary short work. Wed., May 28, 8 p.m. $6. Warren Sonbert...

52. Bouncer

    Reinhold mofos whoop it up at Bacar

    By Katy St. Clair

    Published: May 28, 2008

    "Wow," my friend Shannon said. "There's a whole lotta Judge Reinhold–lookin' mofos up in here." I had to concur. Bacar was loaded with guys in suits who looked like they...